Family saddened by medical marijuana setback

Kristin Hendrickson embraces her son, Eliyah Hendrickson, 3, after encouraging him to crawl to her Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, at their home in Sioux Falls. Eliyah was diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome when he was five-months-old by a Colorado doctor. "With Dravet Syndrome then comes a whole grab bag of neurological and some physical issues," George Hendrickson, the boy's dad, said. (Photo: Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

George Hendrickson and his family were counting on South Dakota voters to legalize medical cannabis in November.

So the news Wednesday that a ballot measure they supported failed to collect enough valid signatures to make it onto the ballot came as a blow.